MRS in the News

Jan 23, 2023 | Rice University Office of Public Affairs

Rice University has promoted Naomi Halas to University Professor, the institution’s highest academic rank. She becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.

Jan 9, 2023 | Tickle College of Engineering

A well-recognized figure in the world of polymers, nanomaterials, &materials science, Advincula has been selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry through their “Leaders in the Field’ program for their outstanding contributions to chemistry.

Dec 22, 2022 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Steven Spurgeon’s research is featured in the cover of the MRS Bulletin, the flagship journal of the Materials Research Society, along with his team’s invited perspective on the future of machine learning for electron & scanning probe microscopy.

Nov 2, 2022 | AZoNano

Various exotic phenomena have emerged due to topological defects (TDs) in diverse fields of materials and biological sciences. Intriguing functionality in materials includes the domain wall’s ability to host dynamic electrons.

Nov 2, 2022 | pv magazine

Researchers have facilitated the decoupling of power from energy design by incorporating a conducting carbon slurry in the negative electrolyte of an all-iron flow battery. In a new study, they describe the design

Sep 21, 2022 | The Washington Post

Nick Holonyak Jr., whose development of LED, proved a breakthrough that now has countless practical applications, including lightbulbs, mobile phones, TV sets and microscopic surgical equipment that can save lives, died Sept. 18 in Urbana, Ill. He was 93.

Jul 29, 2022 | Rice University

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, a condensed matter physicist and materials scientist with more than 25 years in academia, industry, national labs and government service, has been named Rice University's vice president for research. 

Jun 22, 2022 | University of Hawaiʻi

Research excellence at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was on display. Experts from the College of Engineering, Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) and Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) delivered presentations.

Jun 7, 2022 | Pennsylvania State University

Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, has been awarded the Material Research Society's (MRS) 2022 Impact Award for his contributions toward building a global materials science and engineering community. 

May 20, 2022 | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Prineha Narang has been awarded the Materials Research Society’s (MRS) Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award for her outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research.

May 11, 2022 | Cedar Group

Prof. Ceder & his students present their work on design of lithium-ion conductors for solid-state batteries, new Ca-ion conductors for solid-state batteries, & computational & machine learning approaches for analyzing disordered rocksalt cathode materials

Apr 29, 2022 | Imperial College London

Molly Stevens has been awarded the 2022 Mid-Career Researcher Award from the Materials Research Society.

Apr 13, 2022 | Purdue Today

Alexandra Boltasseva, MRS Fellow and professor in Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.

Mar 23, 2022 | White House

Cherese Winstead, Member of the Materials Research Society, was named a Member of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science.

Mar 12, 2022 | American Kahani

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, professor of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Materials Research Society’s Journal of Materials Research.

Mar 11, 2022 | We Are Intel

Carolyn Duran, 2022 MRS President, is profiled in this Intel blog.

Mar 9, 2022 | TechXpolore

Mihri Ozkan, University of California, Riverside, a 2021 MRS Fall Meeting symposium organizer, discusses research on using carbon capture to fight climate change that was shared at the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting. 

Feb 22, 2022 | AZoRobotics

Thomas P. Russell, an MRS Fellow, discusses the first self-driven, aqueous robot that works nonstop without electricity, inspired by the natural behavior of water-walking insects.

Feb 22, 2022 | Yahoo Finance

A study published in MRS Communications in June 2021 demonstrates that AMSilk engineered spider silk coatings have the potential to prevent inflammation and to reduce post-operative complications of implants.

Feb 22, 2022 | vegconomist

A new study published in MRS Communications has demonstrated that AMSilk engineered vegan spider silk coatings have the potential to prevent inflammation and reduce post-operative complications of implants.